DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 10/11 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.1 - - 72.6 - - 64.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 135 - - 42 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1185 - - 1586 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1123 - - 921 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2074 - - 2475 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 723 - - 650 - - 125 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 227 - - 175 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 179 - - 202 - - 166 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -992 - - -1798 - - -759 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3066 - - 4273 - - 1697 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5919 - - -6818 - - -7449 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7993 - - 9293 - - 8387 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 64 - - 65 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.1 - - 72.6 - - 64.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.8 - - 57.1 - - 60.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.3 - - 72.3 - - 67.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.8 - - 56.3 - - 59.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 135 - - 42 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1185 - - 1586 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 18 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 11 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 97523 20 290 27 293 28 280 97523 90318 20 283 29 282 32 291 90318 84757 17 272 23 271 27 282 84757 80112 17 283 19 277 26 282 80112 76093 21 271 28 280 29 293 76093 72560 17 278 24 269 23 294 72560 69373 10 324 14 258 17 306 69373 66457 14 322 18 291 21 312 66457 63773 31 293 24 289 24 295 63773 61179 32 274 23 282 26 278 61179 58460 32 275 26 287 28 279 58460 55633 41 275 31 280 43 286 55633 52944 39 274 43 276 46 275 52944 50519 33 293 45 276 37 286 50519 48328 44 313 47 289 50 304 48328 46327 57 310 51 297 62 306 46327 44484 59 302 55 304 69 304 44484 42773 52 295 61 307 70 304 42773 41178 44 291 65 307 74 306 41178 39684 42 291 63 302 69 307 39684 38276 38 296 60 300 64 307 38276 36913 32 302 56 301 58 306 36913 35533 31 310 45 320 49 312 35533 34110 34 320 46 337 44 319 34110 32642 36 324 50 338 41 318 32642 31108 33 318 47 340 38 313 31108 29490 31 313 43 338 41 311 29490 27790 31 313 41 329 39 317 27790 26008 28 317 43 325 35 319 26008 24144 27 315 37 320 29 312 24144 22205 24 309 22 317 26 306 22205 20196 21 307 19 310 20 297 20196 18109 19 302 17 296 18 296 18109 15987 18 306 15 299 14 300 15987 13945 17 301 16 303 15 301 13945 12089 12 296 20 292 18 293 12089 10438 7 306 20 280 22 280 10438 8970 10 304 17 277 23 270 8970 7663 8 305 15 283 22 267 7663 6502 4 338 12 285 16 269 6502 5473 2 348 8 275 13 271 5473 4565 3 287 8 271 13 268 4565 3761 4 243 8 254 14 263 3761 3042 4 191 9*218 14 237 3042 2409 7*176 9*205 15 214 2409 1883 7*179 8 203 14 204 1883 1480 7 179 8 201 13 195 1480 1202 7 180 7 201 11 184 1202 1033 6 180 7 201 8*172 1033 938 5 180 6 201 5*166 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography